King can't make it 4 IP as Padres drop finale to Athletics
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Why did Michael King struggle and fail to pitch four innings in the finale?
All right, a series win for the Padres, but a loss today in the series finale. Five to two was the final score. And Michael King did not put his team in a great position to go win this game. He doesn't even make it through four innings, three and two thirds, gives up five hits, four earned runs, box four guys. Allows a homer. Which was the first battery of the game. Yeah, just one of those that you really want to flush if you're Michael King. This isn't something where I'm gonna sit here and be super worried about it. But that was a couple of outings in this series where you had Giolito walk a bunch of guys, you have King walk a bunch of guys. Now they won one of these games. Uh but that was something that was very frustrating.
Just the pitch count increasing much more than it needed to because there just wasn't The control. Um there by those guys in the series. Um Ty France did Homer today, although watching that live, I was like, There's no way that's a home run. I got the alert before seeing it live. So when I saw the contact, I'm like, okay. Just a nice right field porch job. Um Tatis did start off the day three for three. But On that hit down the line, Ty France gets thrown out at home. He tries to stretch a single into a double, gets thrown out by Tyler Soderstrom, who torched the Padres today. Um defensively. Made an impact, obviously. Was great on the relay, threw out Tatis there at second base. Um and then I'm pretty sure he got in on the scoring as well.
Yeah, he had that single, the RBI single in the ninth inning to add on to make it five to two. Uh but I was pretty confident that the game was already over at that point. Felt like it was over once it got to four nothing there. I know there's plenty of time, but It just wasn't looking good. Um there for the Padres. A bad day with runners in scoring position. O for eight with runners in scoring position left eight guys on base. Now the A's left eleven guys on base. But They were able to face someone today that just didn't have the control that he wanted and Michael King. And so they got some runs through that, obviously. Um Michael King, other than the walks. Just left some pitches too over the plate. The Cortez home run.
How did the A’s capitalize on the Padres’ control issues and extra baserunners?
That's one of those where it's not like it was the other day when uh was it Randy? You gave it the leadoff home or to show a. That ball was up in the zone, you get it, right? I think it was a fastball up in the zone. This one It was I think it was a change up down in the zone. And Cortez went And Got down and Hit it out. Like If you're gonna give up a home run that way and that one barely got out If there's home runs that you can live with, it's it's it's that type of home run. Right. Hopefully that makes sense. Um, so that was one nothing. And then the bolted double, that was a meatball. Williams single. That ball wasn't even hit hard. But It's just one of those things where You know, when the pitch count goes up and you don't have the control that you want.
Um You're gonna pay for it at some point in the audit. And so not even getting to four innings.
What was the impact of Ty France’s home run and the defensive plays that followed?
Left the bullpen in uh interesting spot. But Ron Marinacho came through and scored uh goes three scoreless innings, couple of punch outs. So that was big. Wandy four outs from him. And then Bradley Rodriguez coming in there. To pitch that final inning. Um You know, a serious win. You're gonna take any series win. The A's are a team that has a winning record. Uh but Going into today. I felt like the Padres were in a great position to sweep the series. When you win the first two games and then You had Michael King. on the mound for that third game going into it, you're like This is definitely a sweepable. series here. You're feeling good. Especially when Michael King is coming off his last outing. His last doubting, that was like
Ace. Michael King. And that's not what we saw today, obviously. His last outing against the Dodgers. Seven innings, no runs. Nine punch outs. Today. Nowhere close to that. So that's That's the game of baseball for you. It can be hard sometimes. It's It's about consistency. So hopefully King can restart that.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why did Michael King struggle and fail to pitch four innings in the finale?
0:00–2:38
2
How did the A’s capitalize on the Padres’ control issues and extra baserunners?
2:38–3:41
3
What was the impact of Ty France’s home run and the defensive plays that followed?
3:41–5:45
4
Why did the Padres’ bullpen struggle to hold the lead in the later innings?
5:45–12:21
5
How will the upcoming Phillies series test the Padres’ lineup and pitching depth?
12:21–26:58
6
What lineup adjustments are being considered for Tatis, Machado and the leadoff spot?
26:58–33:21
7
How are injuries and recovery timelines affecting the Padres’ rotation outlook?
33:21–36:40